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by nobody_nowhere 1062 days ago
…if you don’t want to have a functioning immune system
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> In March 2023, the FDA gave Vertex the greenlight to begin clinical trials of VX-264, an advanced version of the therapy in which the transplanted islets are encapsulated in a device that protects them from the recipient’s immune system, eliminating the need for immunosuppression.

They’re working on it.